20 January 2022 · 988 words · 5 mins
The Faster CPython project, backed by Microsoft and led by Guido van Rossum, is shipping real performance gains in Python 3.11 alpha.
6 January 2022 · 890 words · 5 mins
A single developer deliberately corrupted two widely-used npm packages, exposing the fragility of the open source supply chain.
30 December 2021 · 979 words · 5 mins
Node.js had a year of steady progress in 2021: Node 16 went LTS, the test runner landed, and the ecosystem continued its TypeScript migration.
23 December 2021 · 978 words · 5 mins
After six months in the GitHub Copilot technical preview, here’s what AI pair programming actually looks like in day-to-day development work.
9 December 2021 · 845 words · 4 mins
A critical remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Log4j has sent the entire industry scrambling. Here’s what you need to know and do right now.
4 November 2021 · 783 words · 4 mins
With .NET 6 approaching release at .NET Conf, Microsoft finally delivers on its promise of a single unified platform — and it’s genuinely impressive.
14 October 2021 · 1041 words · 5 mins
GitLab’s successful IPO this week validates the open-core model and raises important questions about the future of open-source developer tooling.
7 October 2021 · 1062 words · 5 mins
Windows 11 launched this week with WSL improvements, a new Microsoft Store, and Android app support coming soon. Here’s what matters for developers.
23 September 2021 · 943 words · 5 mins
The OWASP Top 10 gets its first update since 2017, and the changes reflect how fundamentally our attack surface has evolved.
9 September 2021 · 1165 words · 6 mins
The landmark Apple vs. Epic Games ruling is more nuanced than the headlines suggest — here’s what the injunction actually changes for app developers.
26 August 2021 · 952 words · 5 mins
Python 3.10’s first release candidate introduces structural pattern matching — the most significant syntax addition since async/await, and it’s worth understanding deeply.
12 August 2021 · 1036 words · 5 mins
GitHub Copilot’s AI-powered code suggestions have sparked a fierce debate about open source licensing, training data consent, and the future of code ownership.